We thought it was noisy before...

Last week the building next door was some sort of coaching center, and this week it is being knocked down to make way for yet another 10-story apartment building.  

The only tools on this demolition job site are sledgehammers and crowbars. 

The sledgehammer crew wear flip-flops and no ear protection, and earn Tk 500 per day ($6.50).  Windows, doors, and everything that could be removed was pulled out first to sell.  The bricks from the walls are also cleaned up, chipping off the mortar, to be sold for Tk. 5 apiece.  Once the concrete is broken up, the re-bar can be sold as well.

The video above was taken from our living room window.  Needless to say, the sledgehammer demolition has made for a noisy week.  After they finished breaking up the roof of this stairwell, they started on the walls, swinging the sledgehammers at the wall directly under their feet.